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Gateway Arch National Park

MO Outdoor Rangers

• Type: Student Activities ... Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Splash your way through a week of water fun. Paddle your way through our great Missouri waterways, build a creek dam and explore nature’s water creatures, and catch a big one fishing the shores of Missouri’s parks and public lands.

Acadia National Park

I Notice I Wonder: Beech Mountain

• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

I Notice, I Wonder is a way to explore the phenomenon of Acadia National Park. Beech mountain is one of the many summits of Acadia. Enjoy the video, explore the information provided, and discover together some of the natural wonders of the northeast.

Day 4 of Biodiversity Bee Week: Engineering a Bee

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

If you were an engineer, how would you create a “bee” to help pollinate plants? Students will •analyze parts needed by a robotic bee to operate efficiently •describe different structures and functions of their robotic bee •create a robotic bee that would be able to accomplish pollination

Day 3 of Biodiversity Bee Week: The Importance of Pollinators

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

What is a pollinator? Students will •identify different pollinators •explain the importance of pollinators in the environment •calculate the amount of time and work it takes to be a pollinator

Shenandoah National Park

The Spirit of the Mountain

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This interactive program connects the social, economic, geographic, and political history of the 1920s and 1930s with the establishment of Shenandoah National Park and the people whose lives were impacted.

Glacier National Park

Making the Mountains

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Glacier’s mountainous landscape tells the tale of the powerful geologic forces that have shaped the land over time. In this program, students will investigate the many geologic forces that have sculpted the mountains of Glacier by learning about the four main stages of the park’s geologic formations; silt, tilt, slide, and glide. Through hands-on activities and discussion, students will become immersed in the geologic story of Glacier National Park.

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

Mountain Building

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Plate tectonics allows for the development of mountains and valleys. Students will use a towel and index card "blocks" to show how mountains and valleys form using compressional and extensional forces.

Glacier National Park

Carving Mountains

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Through individual and group research, students create a clay model of a mountain range with glacial features labelled.

Grand Teton National Park

Mountain Weather

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Mountain weather is a force that climbers and outdoor enthusiasts need to understand and predict in order to plan safely and make good decisions in the backcountry. Use this lesson to help students understand weather patterns and processes and learn field prediction.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Mountain Life

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Butterflies, Hummingbirds, and Bees Oh My! Pollinators on the Tallgrass Prairie

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Learn about pollinators.

Day 1 of Biodiversity Bee Week: External Observation of a Honeybee

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

What adaptations do bees have to be effective pollinators and to survive? Students will •observe and dissect the external structural adaptations of honey bees •compare the form of the structural adaptations of honey bees to their functions •explain how the adaptations allow honey bees to be effective pollinators and survivors

Day 5 of Biodiversity Bee Week: Pollinators in our World

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

What can you do to help pollinators? Students will •explain different threats to pollinators in the world •describe one or two actions they can take to help pollinators •build and/or plant a “bee helper” for their backyards

Shenandoah National Park

Life at Lewis Mountain

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This interactive program takes students through the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and the struggle to make all of Shenandoah National Park for all people.

Kings Mountain National Military Park

The Battle of Kings Mountain

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The Battle of Kings Mountain (October 7, 1780) was one of the most dramatic and hotly contested battles of the Revolutionary War. On an isolated ridge top in the Carolina backcountry, nearly 1000 American Patriots surrounded and overwhelmed an approximately equal number of American Loyalists.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Geometry at Mount Rushmore

• Type: Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Students find simple geometric shapes in objects around them. Students will practice identifying and correctly naming geometric shapes within Mount Rushmore. Students should already be familiar with geometric shapes and their names.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Mount Rushmore as Scuplture

• Type: Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Recreate the Mount Rushmore sculpture with accuracy in mind but using non-traditional sculpture materials. Use drawings and 3D content to get an understanding of the 3-dimensional volumes of the model for accuracy.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Preservation at Mount Rushmore

• Type: Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Learn about the various preservation concerns at Mount Rushmore. By learning to recognize the various types of rocks found in Mount Rushmore and their different characteristics and varying rates of erosion, students will be able to understand the complexity of caring for a monument like Mount Rushmore.

Glacier National Park

Formation of Mountains and Faults

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Stations are set up around the classroom for teacher to demonstrate and then for students to rotate through in small groups. Video and photos are available of mountains in Glacier NP for students to look at from the Student Resource Guide CD or other source.

Mount Rainier National Park

Mount Rainier Institute

• Type: Field Schools & Institutes
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Mount Rainier Institute provides outstanding nature-based education experiences that are rooted in science and nurture the next generation of environmental stewards and leaders. School overnight programs immerse students in a rich learning environment where they explore the natural world, develop a connection to nature, and build community.